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SPECIFICATION forming Ypart of Letters Patent No. 330,892, datedNovember 24, 1885,`

Application filed August 22, 1885. `Serial No. 175,052. (No model.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J oHN B. GREENE, of Ware, in the county ofHampshire, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Sinks, of which the following is a descriptionsufiiciently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in theart or science to which said invention appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis speciiicaticn, in which- Figure lis a front elevation of myimproved sink with the doors represented as opened; Fig. 2, a horizontalsection taken on the line .fr w in Fig. 1, and Fig. 8 a verticalsection.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of sinks or commodes which aredesigned for domestic purposes; and it consists in a novel constructionand arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth andclaimed, the object being to produce a more desirable article of thischaracter than is now in ordinary use.

The nature of the improvement will be readily understood by allconversant with such matters from the following explanation, its extremesimplicity rendering an elaborate description unnecessary.

In the drawings, A represents the sides; B, the back 5 C, the top, and Dthe bottom, these parts constituting the body of the sink, which opensin front, and is provided with doors E E, hinged to the sides A at m,inthe usual manner.' Fitted to slide horizontally in the upper part of thebody there are two drawers, H J, having pulls t. The drawer J isprovided with a faucet, j', and a tight-fitting cover or top, z. Thecover z is provided with an opening, b, and disposed around this openingwithin the body of the drawer, and attached to the under side of thecover z, there is an annular iiange, 7c, which extends nearly to thebottom of the drawer. The drawer J serves as a tank for containingwater, and is filled through the opening b, the object of the flange 7cbeing to prevent the water from spilling or slopping over when the tankis Withdrawn or the sink is moved. A vertical partition, M, is centrallydisposed in the body of the sink, dividbasin which is provided with acentrally-ar? ranged eduction-pipe, r, in its bottom, and with a plug,w, for closing said pipe when the basin is in use. Both of thebrackets'I R are hinged near the front edge of the side A to enable thetank L and basin O to be swung into the larger compartment of the sinkand thus housed when not in use. When in use, the brackets are swungoutwardly to bring them int@ the position shown in Fig. 3, the

drawer J 'being partially withdrawn, if necessary, to enable the basinto be filled more conveniently, and then pushed back into the positionshown in Figs. l and 2.

By constructing the drawer J so as to serve all the purposes of awater-tank, the ordinary water-tank which is usually mounted on the sinkis dispensed with, and the water prevented from being spilled asfrequently as when the ordinary tank is employed. Small friction-wheelsmay be placed beneath the drawer J, if desired, thereby enabling it tobe readily moved back and forth to fill it, or in drawing water into thebasin O.

It will be obvious that my improved sink is very compact in 4itsconstruction, and well adapted to contain the ordinary chamber-vesselsin addition to the tank and basin shown, and hence is especiallyvaluable for use Where it is desirable to economize space.

I do not confine myself to the use of two doorsfor closing the sink, asone may be employed; neither do I conne myself to the use of a basin, O,and tank L of the precise construction shown, as any suitable vesselsadapted to perform the same functions may be employed, nor to the use ofthe special faucet shown, as any suitable faucet may be used. The drawerH and partitions M N may also, one or all, be omitted, if desired.

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abasin supported by :said bracket T, a `jar supported by said bracket R,each ofwhich I is adapted to be housed by swinging itssupporting-bracket inwardly, and a suitable tank above said basin,consisting of a drawer, J, having a faucet, f, adapted to come over saidbasin when the drawer is pulled out, substan- 2o tially as described.

JOHN B. GREENE.

Witnesses:

WILLLAM S. HYDE, MILAN H.. GREEN.

